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1). T. CHAMBERS;

GLOVE FASTENER.

No 281,969. Patented July 24, 1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR N. PETERS vmmunw n m Washington. n. 0v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL T. CHAMBERS, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 281,969, dated July 24, 1883.

Application filed March 9, 1883. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL 'l. CHAMBERS, of Washington city, District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Glove-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the back of a glove provided with my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a crosssection through the line a: :0, and Fig. 3 is a view of the back of the glove with the wrist turned up and opened.

My invention relates to an improvement upon the glove-fastener for which Letters Patent were granted me February 27, 1883. I11 that case a peculiar arrangement of parts was made to form a fastening, in which the opening and the fiap-pieee came in the palm of the hand. For many uses it is desirable to have a glove with a smooth unbroken palm; and my present invention consists in such adaptation of my previous improvement to a glove as will permit the slit and fastening devices to come at the bottom side of the glove, leaving the palm entirely smooth and unbroken.

In the drawings, A represents the glove, which, at its lower side, in line with the little finger, and next to the wrist, has an opening or slit, (1. a Z). (See Fig. 3.)

To one side, a a, of the slit is fastened one end of a strap, B, which passes through a buckleloop, C, attached to the inside of the glove 011 the opposite side of the slit, and thence runs to and is secured to a flap-piece, D, fastened to the opposite side of the slit in line with the wrist-band.

In the end of the flap-piece D there is an eyelet or perforated grommet, a, which performs the double function of fastening the strap B to the flap D and also forming an eyelet for fastening over the button b when the glove is to be tightened upon the hand.

At the point where the strap B is fastened to the side a a of the slit there is a fly-piece, c, for lapping under the slit when closed 5 but this is not essential, and I may dispense with it.

Instead of making the flap D of the full width of the wrist-band, it may be a simple strap secured to the wrist-band, and only equal in width to the width of the strap B, to which it is to be fastened; or I may dispense entirely with the flap D and place the buckleloop near the edge a b of the slit, and provide a stop on the strap, .which, when the latter is drawn up tight, strikes against the buckle loop and holds the edge a b from pulling open. I furthermore may make the flap D in one and the same piece with the wrist-band of the glove, if found desirable to do so.

In the place of the metallic buckle-loop C, I may employ as its equivalent a loop or keeper, of buckskin, leather, or analogous material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A glove having a slit, a a b, at the lower side or in line with the little finger, in combination with a strap, B, secured to fiap c or one side of the slit, a loop or keeper, C, fast ened to the opposite inside edge of the slit, and through which said strap is passed, and a flap, D, fastened to the end of the strap B and adapted to be secured to a fastening, b, on the glove, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the glove having slit a a b in line with the little finger with fly 0, the loop or keeper C, strap B, and flap D, provided with a securing-eyelet, substantially as 'shown and described.

3. The combination, with the glove having button or fastening b, of the strap B and the flap D, combined with and secured together by an eyelet or perforated grommet, a, which also co-operates with the button I) to secure the flap, as described.

4. The combination, with a glove having slit a a b in line with the outer edge of thelittle finger, of a strap, B, fastened at one end to the flap c or one side of the slit, and passing through a loop or keeper on the other side of the slit, and having an eyelet or fastening at its end, substantially as and for the purpose described. 1

The above specification of my invention signed by me in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL T. CHAMBERS.

' Witnesses:

EnwI). W. BYRN, SoLoN C. KEMON. 

